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brfkenworthy

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Hello,

I need some feedback on my Photoshop mock up.

--> www.bretkenworthy.com/kakisvision-mock-up.png

First off Kakisvision is a company name that I have been working with for some time. Not sure if to keep Kakisvision or to use Kenworthy at the top.

This is a simple portfolio site. Please note that this mock up is not complete. I still have allot of ideas I am playing with.

The goal is that this site will consist of one page with each link being an anchor link. So the viewer never leaves the page it just jumps up and down.

I also was playing with the idea of having the left sidebar holding my information. The user can clicks on the five links (who what when where why) and that will change the information being held in the left sidebar. The other idea I had was to have the five links also be anchor links and the information be in the same place as my work.

The right sidebar is just an "artist" navigation idea. It looks confusing until the hover state is applied showing what each link really says. (Please ignore the content and spelling that is in place at the moment. Random words with Lorem Ipsum!)

I also will send you to my recent site. This is my portfolio at the moment. It has way to much content, the code is sub-par and the navigation is confusing.

I also have been struggling on what path to take. Graphic design, video, photography or web design. I just graduated today (with honors!) and now have to really figure my sh*t out.

www.bretkenworthy.com

Comments & criticism please! :)


Thanks guys!

Bret
 
krymson

krymson

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Honestly im not a fat of the type of website that uses anchors for navigation. For SEO purposes you have to structure your content so that you have good keyword density. On top of that you have to worry about page load time if you like to use images its going to slow it down a ton. Design wise (graphically) its nice, its personal to you, but if you're trying to sell your services depending on which route you choose, that particular design may not be the best professional choice. I would use that for like a personal site or a blog ( and this is me thinking you're going to go as a web designer) not a website to sell yourself as a web designer.

These are just my opinions and some logistics to think about in the end it's you're choice cause I dont think schools teach you about SEO, just design and UI.
 
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brfkenworthy

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krymson,

Thanks for the reply. I never thought about how having anchor links would effect SEO.

I still would like to try and design this concept. So I think my mind is made up with the anchor links.
 
krymson

krymson

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Yeah, competition is fierce for web designers because there are SO many companies out there trying to survive, this is why i keep my site broken down into pages for certain categories. Like i said im not knocking the idea and the design i think its great, graphically the website will make you stand out but getting your site to rank to show how you stand out will be the problem. the SEO issue is my only concern for you, i'd love to see it coded so I can see how clean your code is, thats what sets designers and developers apart.
 
krymson

krymson

Member
brfkenworthy said:
Here is the site with basic code.

How clean is it krymson?
Click to expand...

It's not bad... but its not that good either. I see the use of HTML5 but what are you going to do about those users who are still on FF3 and IE8 and below. Surprisingly you're going to find out through your Google Analytics... which I hope you've set up, that the majority of your users or at least half will be an older version of browser which will not at all render HTML5, it's good to do SOME things as of right now but not the whole thing... good practice though, the code looks clean and i like your use of annotations.

Now on to the REALLY bad, You top image.... OMG its over 1 meg!!!! Scaled Down Even!!!! not good... if you want to keep that image the original size that's fine but make a SMALLER OPTIMIZED image becaus the one you have is... 1058.75 KB (1084164 bytes) and 1000px × 750px (scaled to 700px × 525px) which kills your loading speed. Even with current browsers if it takes more that 10 seconds for the image to appear the end user is prolly gonna leave. And that goes for both images... dont scale them down.

other than that they didnt teach you too bad in school.
 
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